EBENSBURC, PA.,
Friday Moinins, Oct. 1, 1875.
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DtMOCRATICJJTATE TICKET.
for ooveiixoh :
vrisvs . ri:itsiiiXG,
Of Schuylkill County.
rOK STATE THEAftTlER :
VIVTOU I?. riOLLVT,
Of Bradford County.
THE CAMPAIGN OPENED.
N
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET.
rOW STA1K SENATOK,
VM. H. SECHLKR, Ebenshurg,
iulijcct to decision of .District lnf -reiiee.J
REGISTER AMI KKlVKDEIt '.
JAMES M. SINGER, Kbciisburg.
TRF.ASlHF.lt :
J. FREIDIIOFF, Conemaugn ooro .
COMMISSIONERS :
JOHN CAMPUELI Conemaugh Row.
J. I). PARRISH, Ebensbnrg.
roon house vtnrx tor :
JESSE PATTERSON, Johnstown.
AroiKoits :
JOHN It. ROSS, Blncklick Township.
F. P. McCORMICK, Wilniore.
the cituxrr ticket.
able, faithful and intelligent discharge ,
of tho ilutips of the cilice for which i
they have been nominated. , ! rrig vcrh "Words from tie Wright Man.
Knot, thn tiokpt. Democrats of . fc
AOtlrtM of t1e Democratic State
- Committee .
Cambria county, that has bcei. present
ed by the contention of, your own
cnoice, ana mini -J-" "" ' t. option-evils of bad
est support. Let the political past in "V .-VEuSMEaTf etc.
this count? bury its own dead, and let j . - ,
no Democrat in Cambria, at the elee-. To tj,t Eleetort of Pcnnnylraniar- :r
tion in Novcmlier next, aid or abet in j Tie tjl),e i,ns not come for the losump
nny way the trailing; in the dust of the , tion of specie payments ; nor has the time
ohl flag: under which in so many former ; W.jne to f a Ujne
miiv iH tO fflO- vo,Le i-l"-" r. -
Jtulge rcrsh tun's Acceptance.
are important issues and they claim your
serious consideration in the approaching I fa thj fuH Ujxt of the lottcr Gf ,
Treasure! upon u. If we cannot Hon, C. L. Pershing accepting the
avoid its evil consequence, absolutely, we ; eratic "omnjanon ror - -
as far as is in our , nj lyam... " , ., u" ahi &
It has not been the work of the, looaea ' """" .r mp"
"Thou canst not say , ""ui5r." " Tl t: er.
1 lOietl, Hie caiiuiumc iui . . . ,
Tn last week's issue of our paper we
briefly but earnestly urged the hearty
nnd enthusiastic support
campaigns they have
rious and decisive victory.
The Chicago Tribune has lcen
somewhat tardv in acknowledging the
facts contained in the following ex
tracts from its columns, but then it is
never too late even for a Republican
journal to do good. The Tribune, how
ever, might "have held closer to the
truth of '"history by explaining that
every intolerant society that ever found
life and favor in the "country sprung
from the party, by whatever name, that
was ranged in opposition to the Dem
ocratic "organization.1' The Tribune
says :
It is safe to say that there never was a
secret political orsanization in this country
whose existence was not very brief, whose
intlucuce njHn public affairs was not per
nicious in the end, and whoso leading mem
bers did not live to regret their connection
with the movement,
tnrv knows this from
has gleaned from the past, and every man
of mature ycais knows it from his own per
sonal observation. In this country and in
factories ; from tlie mines or tue iu'
nor from the farmers or working men de
manding either. Governments are esta
lished for the benefit of the governed ;. and
until the people who represent the indus
trial pursuits of the State ask for a change,
it is worse than folly to agitate the question.
The people, thei efonv t -this . Common
wealth, who are engaged in mining and
manufacturing; in agriculture and the
other brauches of industry, and especially
labor, which is at the foundation of the
prosperity of the State, should be consulted
upon a question of so momentous a char
acter, as a change in the currency, or in the
enUi gemeut or contraction of its volume.
How forcibly does this question present
itself, at a time when the industrial pur
suits of the people of the State are so fear
fniiv iJpi.ipsscd. She is rich in her mines
must mitigate them
power.
Democratic party,
we did it." . - ' x
Therefore in declaring, at Eric, that we
would not permit a contraction of the cur
rency, we deserted no Demociatic-land-
mitiL. Dm- nolicv. as a party. lias ever-
been to protect and guard the industries of
the country. We demand that the legal
tender issues be mad receivable for all
dues to the government a poliey that will
bas also written a totter of like import, but
want of space prevents us from publishing
it this week,
POTTSVII.I.K, Pa., Sept. 23, 1875.
03 eutlemen T am in receipt or jour commu
nication of the 13th Jnt.,intorminor mo of my
nomination for the olliceof Governor hy the
Hemocratic btale Convention, wnifli ntet at
i ho Kill inst, Tamil myself of ttieear-
V?fM tnd I'utitical Items.
The next World's Fair after the Cen
tennial Exhibition will be held at Home.
Almost one-half tho persous nominated
for SnpcriuteTidenU of Instruction iu Iowa
luith Currier, or n
' ccntly bi.;iht suit f. 't'"1-'.
her hnsbci.r, .,!.; a: -with
a t-i'ii .v -j 8 t
.libels was huM:ii;;, $ 'r-X.
l:iw denies . divou-. 'i.' " I
thi year are wimfii. ; t i-'-'w-i, t!lf , .
In. Clem son, the last surviving child withdraw Lis suit ia j --
of the Iloa. John C. Calhoun, died at Pen i knot U ,
-Hot, S. C. last week. t : - ' I - A'.Ikuiv. 1-.j I
five of
passed .
ruorutng. -Jacob Hu,,.,
Mincrhig from t!R- , "
killed his wife bv ci n,',.!,','
a hammer, lie "tbj. s, i
iiiiu;ti, stveiiiii; ni0
The
i..J
e,u,0H.- i" ..j , Vw.iiV.ri,,, io.iu.iHUhitiestoreolv.
speedily bring them to par with gold anu j he j'u, wh.vh rtlonriivilcd the people of j
interchangeable therewith. the Slate and nation hv lost miieh of
We denounced tlie system ot national " , r, rV;onMi uT oH I a. ..end-
Banking. We did so for the reason that j ;j;Vtn7f tboVe v i,o were poi.ticaiiy opposed
the National Government pays the banks, , toeach other darinir the war, thousands -ha ve
actim? merelras her fiscal agentT over t wen- formed new noiiticni relations, m 1
hcvmij, oiereij " . o J i . .,llhiw.n ,,Ilrtv is now a power ul orprani- ;
ty millions a year in coin As the govern- - Jh" VVU the 4-rtffln some ot
w.nfei rnsnotisible for the redemption of
the notes they issue to those corporations,
!.. StHtcB. Amonirits meiunersiDip are luunu
thone who-were conspicuous leinlers in tlie Oim-
and who are now in possession
tenders in their place, and appropriate the
twenty millions of coin annually )aid as in
terest upon banking bonds, towards the re
lief of the people in taxation. And we are
sure the producers of the country will be
startled to be told, for they are in reality
the tax-payers of the nation, that this bank
note circulation bas in ten years, since the
close of the war, cost them over one hun-
HL.ron. s. U.. last wee is. i
A family of ven members,
whom were hare-lipped, recently
through Nashville, Tenn.
A - resident of Bloomington, 111., lias
cured himself of the asthma and several
.i;u..f.caa liv an stimiieatioii of elotbes-
line to the throat. pocket-khiio.
Doc. Swcenev, one or Hie caiuonaaio e.u i ne.
bank robbers, was sentenced at ilkesbar- j 1 lancisc.. l,as
re, Friday, to eight years iiupi isoilmeit j year pvioi,,;,,, liai),
in the penitentiary. ' U J, i',Hl tUv T s.r ".
In niiladtlphia the Republicans as- t the Kvf.-rm Sth.h. f.,7"
css tipstaves of the court 10 each for i than thiee uioni lis ) ,,., a j -
elcctiou expenses? . lveu tuai win ioi t " - rrsnieilf
Pershing and PioWt. i "o "
The oil springs of Pennsylvania were nays since he a an
known to the whites' as early as 1CC0, but ; i"g et lue to a livtiy
' . i at .1 nrhrt u f r n O W 111 IKlKKt'MSKMl i I- vn- 1 1
MM-x.tr Afiv (ham Tufimium lor circulation r "Bl,.""-.:."" . ; ""ia .u ti. .:-
"- " -w m . of iiffiaiv nnp(iifonierr(ru unmi lunu , i A x. r.. 11 oust va ha rii T101 r neiiiii nt'ic uitri iciiii .. t ..
Why not let the government issue legal- j Katu,ul Executive. New iwii hto now pre- " l' n fm. hq via afterward. I f Japtaiir . Wowl.swojth.V:
wntea lor ine. n.nsmcni.n.,. ... K.p.-. - . ,. t.. .T.,l,. It : 7 -
1 liere uave ueeu i ai ir u u n- ? "- kk. ,ir tt"
Attention oi ineinoiiiriMiiii ..t - ,,K( ,jvcr 111 iiailie, mis m-hmiii, ,iikpui.j "'"'-"'V liip L!i
peniea lor ine ntuMiivnuHMi .v... ,
The nnestlon of the currency Is attract inif the j
,.KT et f logs and the boonis a.e -en ermely and t ,
by everv
iiaswoids. and penalties, resolving nise-
Democrat of the ticket placed in iiom- c.et and acting hiecret -Uaj a'wy -
romii ic on iiiftrt? iiiiil ii tin t-m"' k-v'
nation by the late county convention.
As the convention was perfectly harmo
nious, so ought its action meet with a
cordial response from the Democracy
f the county. That such will be the
result we do not for a moment doubt.
Jamks M. SrxoER, the present Reg
ister and Recorder, was renominated
on the first ballot. His opponents
were all wortlij- ami competent men,
and any one of them would have faith
fully and creditably discharged tlie
duties of Hie ollice. This renewed
mark of confidence in Mr. f?ixt!Eit as a
faithful, obliging and entirely compe
of her soil. Her great staples liave Deen
made available in a liberal allowance to
labor, but causes have arisen which have
retarded the march of her prosperity.
What has produced this is not the subject
Every student of his- of inquiry now, but 6ucu is undemaoiy mo
ino iCHwmn w , , . , ,
1 lie country lias now, nuu u.i.- u.iu
the last twelve yeai-s, a paper currency,
irredeemable in trold and silver. This has
. . . I, . , ..r Tl.
al,otherc,,,n,,;iesn,eb.idu1gt,,.ro
men mine aaiK witn nn, .'i-. ' . : ...a u tima i,A
! introduced it, as one of tho necessities
j caused by the Rebellion. Right or wrong,
; the country accepted it, and since the close
j of the war, to the present moment, all our
' business transactions have beeu regulated
and her manufactories and in the products died and fifty million dollars-, which has
been constantly sola y tne nanus tor pur-
arlected by its ai-titi-
ciety, religion, lnnivinnais, mm uiu ci.no
have each suffered more or less iu conse
quence of such organizations. This asser
tion is a very broad one, but it is proved to
be correct by the workings of every secret
political society that ever had an existence
in the United States. Take, for example,
the history of the Know Nothings, an or
der that sprung up in a night all over New
TWIsind. and especially in Massachusetts,
pcttinff temporary possession of all the !
State oflices and electing Governors, Con- j
gieFsmen, and Senators; what credit is j
now accorded to the men who belonged to
that midnight band, or what permanent j
beneficent measures of public poliey did i
they inaugurate and crystaiize into law
ed traditional and sectarian hate that was
all.
tet dicer, S there, InRl.ly .mpl..J JVSSt!
IllvllLUIJ iJ iimu. V V v. . , v..-
people of the whole county wilt feel
entirely confident that for the next
three years the duties of Register nnd
"Recorder will be discharged as satis
factorily to them nnd their interests as
they have been during Mr. Singer's-,
jnesent term of ofliee.
Nicholas J. Fkeipiioff, of Cone-1
inaugh borough, is the candidate for j
County Treasurer, and thereby hangs ,
n tale which we are Iolh to unfold. Of.
him we may sa', as was said of old by j
n defeated (jeueral in re ference to his '
successful rival, "Great let me rail him
for he conquered ne." The contest for
the nomination for this oflicc was stub
born and protracted, and as Mr. Freid
liolT, owing to circumstances which it
is now needless to mention, but which
in no way compromised that gcntlc-
iiand
The Radical papers throughout the
State make it a matter of grave com
plaint against Victor E. Piollct. the
Democratic candidate for State Treas
urer, because, some twenty-eight yeai-s
ago, when he was a memlier of the
Legislature and was offered a bribe
for his vote and influence in reference
to a certain bank charter, he refused
to take it and'exposed the scoundrel
who sought to corrupt him. An hon
est man would say that Mr. Piollct
aettd right and deserves public com
mendation and npplansc. If he had
been a Radical of the modern stripe,
and on the mal e, as the members of
Congress and our own Legislature of
that party notoriously are and have
been, those same organs of Radical
t i n . :
liian, nelil ui ins nana ine winning
cards, and us he is an honest man and I opinion would not be quite so decided
in their denunciations of I lollet. In
n worthy and l.ighly respectable citizen
of the lirru ind steadfast Democratic
borough of Conemaugh, we will give
him in the columns of the Freeman,
ns we propose to extend to every other
candidate on the ticket, oui willing and
hearty support. "We know him to be
emphatically a man of the people, who
will carefully and honestly guard the
treasury of the taxpayers of tlie county.
The two candidates for County
Commissioners are John Camtbf.lt.,
of Conemaugh borough, and Josiiva
D. Paruish of Kbcnsburg. It is not
necessary on our part to say one word
in commendation of John Campbell.
that whole transaction there is nothing
to impugn the honor and integrity of
Victor K. Piollct, but, on the contrary,
everything to prove that he id an hon
est, unpurchaseable man. The people
of Pennsylvania have made up their
minds that no thief ami plunderer
shall take charge of the money in the
public treasury, ami as Mr. Piollct
spurned the brilie which was o lie red
him and refused to soil his hands with
it, they will back him up by their
votes and summon him to a position
in which he will tako care that so far
by it.
l pon the Jegal-teiider oasis me iaiuier
has purchased his land, the manufacturer
put ir. motion his machinery, aud the work
ing man bought the lot upon which lie
erected his home. To change this basis of
values suddenly, by the substitution of
gold and silver, would depreciate the price
of land and cause alarm aud distress iu all
the avenues of trade. The change will be
a work of time and cannot be effected until
the country is in a bettei condition to re
ceive it. And however much the politi
cians of the country may interfere, the
solid sense and good judgment of the
masses will prevail ; and they will, by the
force and power of the ballot, prevent hasty
and ill-digested legislation ou the question
of specie resumption.
However much we may complain of the
want of wisdom that promoted the in fro-,
duct ion of the present system, there can
bo no doubt of the folly of attempting now
to destroy it. Whatever evils belong lo it
have already been realized ; the business of
a whole decade and more lias bceir based
upon it, aud only those who desire tosjK-cu-I.ite
upon a breaking up of all values,
whether of labor or of property, are now
advocating a contraction of the currency,
and it may not be inappropriate to add
here that in nothing has the confidence of
the people in their government been so
strikingly illnstiated as in the universal
acceptance and use of the money issued by
it, notwithstanding the bad management
of the administration.
We claim that the Democratic party has
always been and is now in favor of a sound
and stable currency, and we have uniformly
opposed the mercinary inflations that have
so often disturbed and destroyed the busi
ness of the country. Composed as the
Democratic party is, in large part, of the
labor of the nation, it is essential to its best
interests that all needless fluctuations of
the currency should be avoided, and it is
entirely safe to say that with tho govern
ment in their hands lies the only hope of
reaching the specie standard as the basis
of our cuirciicy. It is no part of its mission
or its destiny to abandon this idea. It will
not. But that same party must be governed
by reason as to the time, the mode and
manner in which the iointis to be reached.
It Ciilinot afford, even if it had the power,
to march on to the objective iint over a
desolate country and amidst the ruin of its
industries. It does nut propose to commit
any such folly ; and, therefore, w hen in
council at Erie, the party determined to
put itsulf iu a conservative position aud act
with deliberation and discretion when they
noses of speculation., adjected by its
cial.and gambliug quotations of the prices, if
not the values, of everything consumed in
the country.
We condemned, too, the- r-ofijy of the
national government in the increase of of
ficers and the profligate system of salaries.
Wo resolved "that the undue multiplica
tion of the public offices and the inordinate
increase of salaries aud emoluments of of
ficers are among the many evils which
Radical rule has forced upon the country ;
and in forming an economical administra
tion of the Federal and State governments,
so that the people may as speedily as possi
ble be relieved from the burthen of taxation,
with which they are now seriously oppress
ed, we call upon our Federal and State
representatives to strive by all proper means
to reduce them both to their very lowest
practicable number and amount."
This abuse of the Federal power cannot
bo denied,
niu.i.iraiiil into ho ltisiness of Ihe country
audita constitutionality has been affirmed by
the Supreme Court of the United States. I am
opposed in its true sense to inrl ition. nnd in
flation is not denniuded by the Krie platform.
Tne platform stands opposed to s:iy further
eoiitraeUon or ttie currency nt this time of
financial distress, when our work-shops, mills
aud manufactories are closed and thousands of
men willinir to work are out of employment.
To expand the volume of the currency when
thy people sre incurring debts and to rapidly
contract it when the time for payment has
come w ill prove ruinous to every business en
terprise. Theattempt to rorce the country to
a resumption of specie payments, under the
nmvi.imii tf ihp nassed bv the last Cuii-
III only inrensiiy ine wisi rtrn "it" m..
here prevails. We must cease exnort-
now clear tor tne nist mu iu ci-uirai n'-m j, T, ., :f ,
years. , I f exr urn" l"'' '1 ,e-
Mr. Wendell Phillips has been pre-j loss. ne of the l-fc.i, v,c;
seined bvthe Irishmen of Boston wiUi tlie ie asMiance or the M,j
JICW edition Ol toe ciicjui7itiii. i,iiii....v
orxpre their admiration of his oration
.o Daniel O'Counell.
A doc in Mower county, Minn., went i resignation and
i . r.
ci-sv,? a, .1 i S. ... .r ".-cl
O . .11. i m t . 4 T
c-v.io ii, wnc Hl.-o ni -Mm,.,
At last Mr. I ;, , :
irress, w
n.. .Vni.i m nr interest on our indebtedness ' Marshaltown,
abroad before specie pnyments can safely be j omMintcd and coald not C". So she took
i i --.-. ...... I. a iimp o. f 1 1 rr ri V i 1 . . . - ,
n-mim-ti. r cut... . . . r jinse oi strvcnnine.
to sleep under the tumbling-rod of a threshing-machine
and was caught by the tail
and wound up into the machine til! the
tail gave way and came out.
An Iowa girl desired to attend Rar
nnm's ' Hippodrome, which exhibited in
Iowa, recently, out was uis-
P'it It in il.
j 1'icfcidenu He did not wri'
wash floin the Iiiveti i;V,l
j bucket, but the I V.-if.!w'1?,' "
. iniheestiiuatioHi.f iliel'.-i. !,' '
i tl .rim Mif:Mi i l:...
, ... , , , ..y. U j .
as the legitimate demands of business and the
reFtvjri ot tne industries oi me nmin . imuj inquire-
Kxperience will best determine this,
and it is to be hoped that an adeqimlesrandard,
or test lew rrjfulatinjr theamount of currency, ,
mrtv tip (Ktublished bv our repre--iitative8 In I
Conirress. I will only add that 1 adiiere to tha
dm.tiine alwas held by the l moeratie p;iaty
that freld and si'ver o ituts the tvue basis
for n 'bunk-note circulmion- Tliis presents a
ouestion different from that of a pnpoi cur
rency that is of Itseir mn.Je by the sovereign
power a h-pal-tender. r.-ud tlierefore money.
I w ill rey.-trd il as i.iy highest duty should the
notion at ICrio bemti!i d by the people to meet
the demand for reform' in the State irovern-
lund
of
Il'iri-.IT Klrix.ll. ... -l
"'"-i-. iic: lite
im.nl. 'I lie t,ijrv into the SlllKinir
It is known to the country aud ! have steadily deerousi-d tlie State debt. Jt is
, . . . . . t l . . i i wPll Known, niMvever, iiiiu iwi ,m-io pni
the jcople arc untitle to themselves it they , Bm)Utl,, iio.iin to the sinking- tool have
bet-n inverted from it and applied l-uer pur
poses than the imriiieiit ot the debt of liie
do not correct the evil
, . . i .1 ? : : . ,
Viiu uoi inoie t;iitiinj4 stiiu onen.-it- in
as their treasury is concerned, no
lie is as well known to uie people oi , thieve shall break in and plunder for : passed a resolve "detnandinc that the
this county as any one other of her il,(.ir own private and iersonal advan- volume of money be made and kept equal
citizens. Ills nrm ami cotmsurnt sup-1 t1ge an( to detriment of the pub
port during a somewhat protracted life c interests. This is their settled and
of the men and measures of the Dem- determined conclusion, from w hich
they cannot be driven by any side
issues, and from which, when made,
there can be no appeal.
ocratic party will command for him its
united and vigorous support. -Mr.
Campbell is now a candidate for the
third time, having lieen elected to the
same ollico in lo2 and in 1805. Dur
ing the six years of his oilietal career
he"well and faithfully performed the
duties of the responsible trust which
was committed to him, and when we
liave said that much iu his praise, we
feel sure that the Democracy of Cam
bria will again sustain a well tried and
faithful public servant at the ballot
loxes next November. Joisiil'A D.
Parrish, the other nominee, is an old
nnd honored citizen of Kbcnsburg a
man whose word always lias been and
is now as good as his bo,d. lie was a
modett and therefore a brace soldier in
the Mexican war, and since then, in his
own quiet and unobtrusive waj has
conducted himself amongst the people
of this place, and all his old friends
throughout the county of his birth, as
nn honest, high-minded gentleman.
With John Campbell and Joshua D.
Parrish loth Democrats and both
honest and competent, in the Comity
Commissioners' ofliee, and with an
equally honest and efficient Republi
can, as we hope and believe will be the
case, as their colleague, the interests of
the people otboth parties of Cambria
county will be carefully and honestly
guarded.
Jesse Patterson, of Johnstown, the
candidate for Poor House Director, is
nn old and honored citizen, having been
heretofore elevated to the high and re
sponsible office of sheriffof this county,
-which he left with clean hands and an
unblemished record. What more can
wf aar to the people of this county
about him as a fit and deserving man i
for the office of Poor House uirecior.
, The two candidates for the impor
tant office of County Auditor are Fran
cis P. M'Cormtck, a well known and
intelligent young Democrat of Wil
more borough, and John B Ross, a
highly respected citizen of Rlacklick
tovnstrfp. They are IkU worthy men
nnd entirelv competent for an honor-
Ttik Philadelphia Times accords to
the Pre of that city some measure
of consistency in its pitiable ignorance
in giving publicity to every campaign
falsehood that anybody else invents.
It announced the other day that Judge
Pershing cast a most disloyal vote in
1805 when he voted against the bill
disfranchising deserters, and adds :
"At the same time he was unwilling
that good soldiers who stood to their
duty should have the privilege of vo
ting." Lest some Republican- jour
nals, with reputation to lose, should be
misled by such stupid blunders, they
might be advised that Judge Pershing
uniformly favored and voted for every
to the wants of trade, leaving the restora
tion of legal tenders to par in gold , to bo
brought about by promoting the industi ies
of the people and not destroying them"'
they but evinced sound judgment, and
made no sacrifice of principle.
The cflVct of this is to make one common
currency, save where Congress has made
special provisions to the contrary, in the
national loan. There is no inflation in this
part f the Erie platform ; it is but supply-,
ing the people with the amount of currency
withdrawn by the National Legislature
from circulation.
The people of this State cannot bo forced
into submission to a strictly commercial
rule in their business affairs. Commerce
clamors for free tiade. The people en
gaged in commerce carry on a traffic with
all nations. They obtain and receive large
profits. They can well afford to pay the
differences in exchange. Our mines," man
ufactories and agriculture want and can
only prosper under protective revenue laws.
Pennsylvania has always been a protective
State and is so now, and she cannot dis
pense with this feature but with serious
loss.
Tlie commercial interests of Pennsyl
vania, in common with the interests of the
measuiu . iuiei Weslern Stal08, ai0 identical in this par
e?iif!V rro in t 1 1 Mint, t it ft Kll'lli. i i . :.. J . : i
chising principle against which he vo
ted had already lieen pronounced
squarely vmeonstitutiou.il and inoper
ative by the Republican supreme ,00111!
of the State, af.d that the very bill
against which he voted, in deference
to the decision of the courts, was soon
after pronounced unconstitutional and
liculai, and their common destiny lies in
the same channel. With the exception of
Philadelphia, and which may bo classed
more as a manufacturing city, with a lim
ited commercial marine, they have noships
upon the .sea. Their trade and bai ter is
at home. Their profits are comparatively
small, and they are not in condition to meet
sadden convulsions in the contraction of
currency. , The- Western States have real-
of alia us. and tucy nave
the conduct of some of our local officials.
It is alleged that the large sums of money
set apart in the State Treasury, as a sink
ing fund for the payment of the public debt,
have not been appropriated as the laws re
quire, and that no interest on these millions
has been accounted for to the State. If this
be true it is a crime of great enormity.
Tlie resolve of the Erie Conventin charges
openly : "That the conduct of t he present
State Treasurer, in the management of the
Commonwealth's finances, in his neglecting 1 rep re
to appropriate the sinking fund iii payment j r'r'th'
of the public debt as rapidly as required by
law ; not accounting for the interest re
ceived by him on tlie people's money de
posited with the several banks and banking
institutions throughout the State, and his
insolent refusal to submit the archives of
the Treasury Department to a legally con
stituted committee of the House of Repre
sentatives, appointed to investigate the
same, is cause for grave suspicion, aud is
deserving of the severest condemnation at
the hands of au outraged aud already over
taxed people."
These are astounding charges, and the
parties accused should put themselves on
the defensive. Their silence is ominous.
As the resolves of the conveution have
gone forth to the people of the State, it may
not ltd proper in this address to go further
into detail.
And now as to the candidates we have
placed upon this platform, and pledged to
a reform of the abuses set forth.
Judge Pershing, the nominee for Gov
ernor, has proved himself to be, in his leg
islative capacity, a statesman ; he is an up
right and fearless judge, a moral and con
scientious man. He is eminently fit for
the high place he is put in nomination to
fill, and the tax-ridden people of this State
cannot afford his defeat.
The candidate we present to you for
State Treasurer, in the person of Colonel
Piolett .s worthy of your support. He is
A plain, intelligent farmer. He has no
purpose to accomplish inconsistent with
the honor and credit of the State. His
rigid honesty is proverbial with the people
of Northern Pennsylvania, and if elected,
the public monies, principal and interest,
are safe in his hands. He would scorn to
appropriate illegally for private gain a sol
itarv farthing of the people's taxes. Heav
en knows, wrung as they are from the
hard blows and persevering indtistiy of
0111 people, they ought to be honestly ap
propriated. With candidates who are beyond all ques
tion properly selected ; nominated outside
of all political rings and combinations ; se
lected because of their peculiar fitness, they
should be triumphantly elected. Our po
litrcal opponents concede that they are up
right and honest men, and we know them
to be such. Let us elect them.
The time has come for change in the
management of the National and State af
fairs. And in that change is there any
conceivable possibility that our affairs can
be placed thereby in a more deplorable
condition than they are now? Our credit,
our industries, and moral reputation as a
people are demoralized. It is to be hoped
that profligacy and mismanagement, and
embezzlements and official peculation, hare
reached a joint beyond which they may
not further advance. The tax-paying and
tax-ridden people of this State have it in
their power at the approaching election to
relieve themselves from the sad condition
in which they now are. ; Will they do it?
'The campaign we are entering upon
must bo aggressive. We have no apologies
to make and no bribes to offer: Iteason
must bo our argument, and the people of
this Common wealth, who are deeply inter
ested in a pure and economical adminis
tration of their affairs, must come to the
rescue.
We charge upon our opponents that they
have wasted the public treasure in the be
stowal of it upon their political friends and
partisans ; that through a want of capacity
in conducting the public affairs the trade
and business of tho country are prostrated;
the iron mills are out of blast, the coal
tale. 1 ne effect ot this is to-leave a lare in
debtedness, tiie raj ment of which, with thc ae-
r.iinjz- interest, ha? to be provided tor by taxa
tion, Which, in many cases, opcia.es oppress- ;
ively on the mining and other indnslries of i
the State. The fail lit ul iippropi iatiou of the j
public moneys to the purposes (or which tl.ey
were paid into the Treasury by the people,
would have lessened tho amount of- taxation j
now required when business interests are so
geueruliv prostrated. Not only should the
tnx . pa'ni into the sinkinc fund be promptly I
and honestly applied to ihe payment of the
Male debt, but the condition ol the Treasury j
should be open to theinspeetion of the people's j
sentatives. 'I he monthly im lances in tne
asurv. treuuentlv very larro, should be used
for t he benefit of the people, and not converted .
into ns'iiiree of private R-ain to the State J'reas- I
urer. To di.-t ribute the funds or the Treasury ;
over the State in banks on such terms as will 1
most advantK not the tax-payer, but the ol
flccr liavinir them in charge, is to establish a
system nt onee corrupt and dannerous. !te
form by holding oil public officers to a strict !
accountability, by dispensing with .ui-rnuiia- j
ry IIicers, ami rcuuciug expenses iu me wwesi.
practicable amount, thus relieving the people
as much as is possible from the burden ot taxa
tion, should be regarded as objects ot chief im
portance on the part of Ihe Executive. I--iboi
the foundation of our prosperity, should be
amply rewarded, and to this end such legisla
tion as is just to the laborer as well sa the em
ployer s'lould bo enacted.
A'biding by the action of the convention In its
nominal ions and declaration ot principles,-1
accept the nomination tendered me with a due
sense of t he responsibilities Involved in an elec
tion to the Mubcrnntorlrd chair. The nomina
tion has come to me unsought- It found me
Im-iilv engaged in the discharge of the jnrlicial
dtitiep intrusted to me b' the people of tlie
Twenty-first judicial district. Yielding to what
appears to be their unanimous expression of
opinion, 1 do not propose to tender tny reidjriia
tion to tiie (jovernor and solicit votes fro iu the
stump. Th.-? issues are well n nd erstood. und I
have faith in the intelligence of the people to
decide them. Should ihev see proper to call
me from my present position to a still higher
one, I will endeavor to serve theui faithfully.
To the people of the Stale I leave the decision
of the contest, telievinir thnt He who rntes the
destinies of States will guide to that conclusion
which in the end will be f or tho best.
I am, gentlemen, yours very respectfully,
t'vmrs I.. TritsuiNG.
To Dallas Sanders, Hi. K. Hnwiey, S. B. Ancona.
William Tattoo and li. C. Sawyer, Esu,s.
A Yocko Lady Oltuaof.o asd Jlcn
DEttEP. A Bellcfontaine (.) special of the
23d u!t. says: Yesteiday Miss Laughlin, a
young lady, aged sixteen, accompanied a
man named Scheil and his wife on an ex
cursion to the reservoir, several miles dis
tant. Mrs. Shell being fatigued was left
with the team, and Schcll with the young
lady started after wild phi ins. Schell re
turned without Miss Laughlin, stating that
she had strayed from him, and he couldn't
find her. An alarm was given and search
-i i.: r 1 : . 1 i 3 r !
maue, resulting in iniuiug me oouy ui ine
young lady this forenoon, nearly nude, her j
throat cut from ear to ear, and the grass 1
showing that a desperate struggle Lad oc- j
curved. Scleu, though suspected, was not
arrested until this afternoon, and upon ex
amination a bloody knifo was found in bis
pocket. . Ho is now under arrest with a
heavy guard around him to protect him
from the excited people.
. LATER TARTICCLATtS.
'Cincinnati, Sept. 24. The Gazeette's
Bellefontainc special says Mrs. Sc-hell, wife j
of the man at t ested yesterday for the mur- j
der nf Miss Laughlin, near Belle Center, on
Thursday, was arrested and testified before !
the Coroner to-day that her husband had J
A citizen of Ilarrisburg has informed
the Monroe Drhtirrat that sinoe the ex
posure by the Belicfonlc W'atrhman those
walnut doors of, Haitraufi's stable have
been removed and replaced by others. ,
A lx pound cannon ball has been
found twelve feet below the suiface of a
Newport street. It is supHsed to have
belonged toone of the British vessels which
visited the place during tho Revolution.
Two 'antique 'chairs, one formerly in
the possession of Louis XVI. and the other
brought from Venice in the seventh century,
were sold at Boston Wednesday, the for
mer for $13v5') and the latter for -flT.oO.
Cardinal Simont, late the Pope's nun
. , -. ,
! eio. wnoso audacious aemana iwitu arenm-
j panying threat ) on Spain was that all other
religious out tiie vHtnoiie simtTio: ie sup
pvessed in that country, has beeu recalled
to Rome.
Miss Lizzie M-arshnll, of Butler, niece
of Hon. Thomas Marshall, of Pittsburgh,
and daughter of JMr. William Marshall,
was accidentally shot on Sunday, and re
ceived injuries which It is feared will caue
her death.
The Pittsburgh leafier says that Mor
ton did "slake the blo-'dy shirt"' in that
city after all "but, as a Republican journal
snjs, diseusted his audience by so doing.
The audience was respectful, but not en
thusiastic." . Daniel Dougherty, F.sq., the famous
Philadelphia lawyer, whose brilliant lec
tures lat-t season wt-ie among the most
pleasing events, gets ftl,2')0 fur a week's
visit to the West. Alexander II. Stephens
gets $.-a0 a night. -
A few days ago a committee of former
employees of Waterman .V. Beaver, Dan
ville, waited on those gentlemen aud ten
dered the services of those they represented
nt any wages that would enable the firm to
enter the market nnd secure orders.
Pieicevil'e, Pa-., is excited over the
finding of five human skeletons, which were
unearthed by u party hunting woodchucks.
They are believed to be those of a family
named Searlcs, who started for New "York
many years ago, but were never heard
from.
Prof. Marsh has iu his possession a
fossil bird found in the West, which has
teeth. He concludes that the creature was
an intermediate form la-tween the bird nnd
the reptile, and that its discovery supplies
one of the missing links in the Darwinian
theoryt
A boy in Kalamazoo. Mich., who runs
au express wagon, found 4,500 in green
backs, on Saturday, and returned it to the
owner, who is a Detroit man. That after
noon the geutleman purchased a horse for
$175 and presented it to tlie boyv Good on
both shies. ' - ' V
There s trouble in the Radical "camp
in Wyoming county. ' The Republican or
gan, the Tnnkliamioek Ilrpvblirn n, refuses
to support llartranft, and there is talk of
starting a new paper. The ladical county
convention refused to take action agaiu&t
the TtcpvhUmn.
' The Norristown ITerahl knows of an
old woman in Bridgeport who has pasted
nearly five thousand medical recipes in a
book during the past forty years, but has
never seen a sick day in her life. She is
- i
Il it
.-' i .
told her that he intended to ravish Miss
Lainrblin and kill her afterward : that their tenced to two and a half
ride on Thursday was planned for the pur- j ment in the Penitentiary
growing dtseonrageo:. Some people are
born to ill luck, she says.
The giant grape vine at Santa Barlwra,
Cal., is supposed to be dying. Its owner
has acceded to numerous requests, and in
tends to transport it to Philadelphia fir
exhibition in the California department v&
the Centennial, if scientific treatiucut can
keep it alive long enough.
Caroline Pells, a young fJemnnn wo
man, who attempted to s indie tho Nassau
Bank of New York out of $19.4o0, on a
ged check of Warden, Mitchell Sr Co..
Springfield, Ohio, was convicted and scn-
yeais' imprison-
1'reK to
there are reputable Republicanorgans
which might be misled by its ehrpmc
imbecility, and for their benefit t we
state the truth. . ... . : ? .
l it.: . i t
void by our Republican court ofMast assnm - position in which the
resort, n isoi no consequence mr uie lleunKMatic party of this Estate nas sus-' trade deprcssen, me wages oi laoor reduced.
utter such sillv blunders, but ' tained them, i -. - . -A and the products of the farm are of a rnin-
1 he platform adoped at i.ne lakes the ( ons price. fJIooni and depression in our
position that bankers and brokers may not j industries stare us in the face, and the
liave the control of the currency, that the time has come for a change of policy as
industries of the State and the great qnes- j well as a change of rulers. ' Let those who f
tion of labor have, as they should have, a-j hold the political power of the land answer j
voice in me, currency quest ion, auu we i tuese cuai ges at iuo great, u luuuai oi tne
feailcssly maintain that this is correct. I people. k They have no right to ask a fur-
llie men who represent tuese interests are ther continuance in power n they are in
entitled to a voice in the common council
of the State.! To their efforts we owe its
prosperity, and their advice is not to be
discarded. . . - . . !
The coal and iron trade to-day in this
No person naturalized after tomor
row, Octo1er 2d, jean vote at the en
suing Xovamber election. Every "per
son entitled to -naturalization,1 there
fore, should see to it that his nanei'3
If
the wrong, and they cannot deny but that
they are responsible for that want of pros
perity wbicb the people of this State are.
entitled to and of right ought to have. .
Hendrick B. Wright,
Chairman Democratic State Commttee.
are procured ou or before' that day. Btate i9 rrostrate; it is paralyzed.' Tens
All taxes, likewise, must be. paid be- 0r thousand of men who are employed in
fore October 2d, to entitle the payer to i these industries will bo discharged if the
.i All wlir eii-l tln4r lavp last ! doctrine of immediate resumption is suc-
vear' can vote, this vear. UDon last" ""f"1. n?I iU t,,ey be ic a much be.,l.er ' acKnor1nE Ltb ' B" invitati.on
j , . - ... i i
year's tax receipts; but : those rwho
have no such receipt must pay this
year's taxes, , , . T
President Grant has written a letter to
41.A i,..n..n... nf il.n P;iicl.n1. t ..: . :
. .IIC f IJ.lt7l O Vf tlllU X IllOwlll O AA IU9II lOU,
' acknowledging the receipt of an invitation
condition if the currency as contracted by ; extended him to be present, and he states
pose, and that Iier liustntud threatened to )
kill her if she followed him when he weut
into the bushes wirh Miss Laughlin.
She says tin returned in about two hours,
stating that Miss Laughlin fought so bard
that he did not 6ucceed in . ravishing her,
although after he had stabbed her she said,
"Don't kill me, Jim ; I won't resist any
more." But he feared she would tell, and
so killed her, threatening also to kill his
wife if she' told of it. Mrs. Schell also
testified to other crimes committed by her
husband.
The affair causes most intense excite
ment business is suspended, and it is re
ported that several hundred citizens of tho
surrouuding country are coining into Belle
fontaine to-night determined to lynch
Schell.' Many wagon loads have already
arrived. The Sheriff has snmmoned a
strong posse, who are guarding the jail,
but trouble is expected before morn ing. s
STII.L. I.ATEK SCHELL LYNCHED... J
About three hundred men attacked the
jail at Bellcfontaine about half-past 12 o'
clock to-night, battered down the doors,
dragged Schell out and hung him to a tree
The guards made no resistance. Scholl
protested his innocence of tho crime.
dered Richardson when ie
Treasury depart ment after 1
its afairs most fccabduLu!v' '
A petliti.-d body waV'til
Bangor on Wednesday. 7v
and the greater l arl'or t!,e ".
transformed to a mb-ta 1
ciinik", Hid retained iheii or
.ij'ji-iiiuoce. i ne iM!r
i-. i .. . i ,
i""-. I'unui-u o.tirti, l'K((Ji..
Ihe body w.i ) ijj o-;t f ,r ;v
grave eloil.es weie i':.:.lF: ".V
except i-m of a si'k n-r-k ::-.Y
a pei fret Mate of ,:, .., .Iva: :'.5"
I lie (icai li is ii'j...,
the Trench thi:.k. i.: , ;
untary eaue of tl.f i'fj,
Pierre Coc-kz, a n.s;
arrestcu by tlie ai try ( V. '
lMrses tail. hi1 tnvl? t . ?
during the tenilii.- u.;.,f,7; . !
115. Piene died a: X T."". ?
f 74. The :;ji :; sj t . r. -.- -got
the boise's l;iil. an-1 v. ;
the pi.Mtds that
in that uuc nifoi j, ,v ; ' -
The ship Wt-tci-ii i.:i:;..r.. ;
tie, from Pcusacol.i llth n..i
with timber, ber-n.ic v (.; :
ricane on the lth, i,., iu 4-. .
ht.g. 87 ."4 V,"., ;iiid v. a nbr.; j
captain and crew l:u:-i-.-i t
iMaiid. Apalachl-..;.i b y, n :.. I
fl'otll the ship. Ill i,l;.ii: i; i. A
conMzed anl v-vi-n rt'.ii n-a i
The rensiiuder. st-v i:tt-i ;s ;. ; f
chiding the C iptail'. vveitL:;'.: !
cola on the 24t!i, m i .i -t .!
. Mis. Andre i-L-;. i.;' ,i -Lousia
couuty.Ij-.va, ;
about 30' I pound a v ij; - t
joices iu a full tet of wl. -k-i ,
glossy, alont three r;e'iv i ,
a i!?oustache which n.i::
be pruud of. and f u tit i. j
have squandered in rain r. . . :
"stx weeks pomadi?." M. ?l
ltixiM iant growth f hrm :. .t
great a curiosftyas a':v of -..
'bearded women" t ;. in 1.,,; s
and a greater than m my. :.
"make up" about Ikt vr) :-'-
At the meeting of tbo L.n
tral Comiuittee on S.unni .y ; i
ptinted as the Con-iutue
Messrs. Panicl M. Fos. c; i
O. James, Win. V. MeNrath.L. :
John Robbins, Ceiuge K Kt-1
Scott, Mil tin PowelCov.: '
1. Cuchrau and John ?! -jt
tive committee of seven s- i
the bilowing were ':i::--g '
F. Seller. A. A. Laws. J... ! I
and Tbos. A. McPevi;'. ef!'.f
A. B. Longacker, of I v:-
S. Dillinger, of Lehib : nidi?
man, of Lancaster. 1
S. R. T. writes totLe .7 .-: f
follows from R. .Ik-sou wv. i:-i..
day last a large black i: 1
swamp sjiecics was ki!!'d f
'and a lialf frnn liTkciv:';i
lelow Reading, by Eli.an:) I
was cutting wood on the ViZ-
was told by a boy that a '-,ss? j
road near him, when Mr. H ' f
pile and killed the rejliie. l
four feet four inches. Wh?: f
was examined, it w as fi-u;.i '
.ears aboot two inches ajia.t, r
and a half from the b.u k (-.: i
The Oiii-s are wKmt a lia:i" r'-.
and the fhape of a rabbi:'- i
skinned the snake, ami
stuffed, as it is the first snafcfV
ever heard of havmir ca
taken to Reading.'
A sircial N iiniinct
to,tbe PLila...77i6, l..ir;r;tr
says: Tlie btdy of yt
Mary Grubb, the lan;hitr e:
farmer near this city, w ''
C'hristiaua river yesteiiwv 1
a strange mystery hanps cwr
()n Sunday she went f;vm ut -Mr.
Priee,of this ri;y, r.Le.ts
visiting, to visit a fiieiiJ i'1-""
but as tibe did Dot ret tan ii T
that ihe had go:i h. niO,5"'
at home did not suspect l-t 1
vet at Price's until TLni.V.ay'
' Thomas Jind'Magdalena Stark,' resid
ing fen Green Island, N Y., took laudanum
last Thursday jjigbt, intending to commit
suicide. Thomas partly recovered on Fri
day, and repeated the dose, making two
ounces and a half in all, but even that
failed to kill htm. His wife died
Xiueteen - Democratic States are for
bard money, and yet the Republicans who
made our paper money and who ap'pointed
two Judtres of tho Supreme Cnm-fc pinmci.
ly to decide in favor of paper monev. are i facts of her disapj'eara ;ct'
bold enough to say that tho Democratic in the papers. Ilei loi!y
party of tho country is for inflation. ) day, and upon cxAiiiii';'"'"3;'.
A srweial from Burlington, Iowa, says i 'hat her feet were tied t'V--an
accident is reported to have occurred on 1 priving her of a jy power '
the Burlington ami Missouri Railroad Mon-1 The Coroner has heal 1.
d.ay evening, by which one person was kill- I bat there is no verdict a
ed and thirty injured. . Three coaches went
overan embankment fine mile east of Wood
bum, and fourteen mlleS from Ruilington.
No paiticulars received yet. .
Governor Curt in says that Jndgo
Pershing was one of tho men in whom ho
had the most confidence din ing his term of
office. Pershing was then a memler of
the Legislature, and warmly socomled tb
Governor in all his efforts for the protec
tion oi i no mate ana country.
- AHoldier belonging nt KoiV Russell
walked down to Lako Mahpalntah. near i crimes, lteitler fist 1-st
Cheyenne, the other day, nnd deliberately ! her screams attracted tbe
undrcssinn himself aud stick in it ;u i,., i.. tied 1
into onoof hi.ss.hoes, plunged into Ihe water ' her cries and succeed in.C i:! t
and was drowned, lie is the third r.einn ' ith an in.'"1:'.''
wno nas committed suicide ia that lake this ,
season. ;. ; j
At Newton, near Quebec, an old man
named Welsh attempted to muider his J to the liouse, Uavinn tbe
ue -nunaay morning wim au axe, when
hearing bis son coming in he turned and
shot at him. . The sou then, in self defense,
shot his father dead. Tho old ladv is not
that she was outraged ia
into the river. She wa
interesting young
lady.
A Woman Mi kpt k p KV ..
jit Her I Ics ban ix l-"
ted a horrible crime i" e" ;
on SHttnrday irorniaf: l-1-wife,
fatting his t'",":l' .
bouse. He came ho :iet';eU
desperate from drink,
wife s presence, nna " r' .
let "
her head was mashed "-iv
wore made in her skiilk
tearfully mutilateti nf'M "
we-y
t.i lw .iviiiileil l)V tllf
himself iu a chicken c vf
residence, and watched ..
the house, and never i"1"
hmlf rxt l.i Ul A Wa
expected to live. 5
wife died and hel .Tosetui Charlmrt. a Mvnniniinl rll,ni:. 1 i . -,.;.ii ill IB1'-
faya he will end his own life at tlie first o- i ecclesiastical : principal and PniPn,nr ofi .k- ki.. ted a most fc-v
portiinity. He has been out of work for school of art and design, was arrested at anoo As it was Wing nf
eighteen months, and having expended all j Montreal (Can.) on Saturday evening, ona 1,U oVn tl.roat, severm?
the money he had saved, ho, with his wire, charge of rape committed on a little gi.l nrticU. - abound from
government, with a view of fixing a day - that ho hopes and expect to be in attend-? preferred death tosubsistinn-on the bounty ;
ot ineiius. uotn were vierman.v
and tuc Husband Lfty j-ear old. j ; ; , for a further investigation.
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oimniiilimi ia iminlaiiuul -, I (inn l.tF.va 1 ia nlnu nf I ii fTi r hnl mn. int rriiiulii . lill. tl . ii"P""'w.i.i Hill luuuiviiu
i itn vni m . r i w: f . - w ww v s w v vW v- ,ua wmw v m iua will w c i n iiih in w I v I I u a r ri m -v. r . . '
r.u., ,.r rc,.i..-..:o jd A;rrntn .1,.. .1. i..,,v. -,V " J r j-" no was commiuea
I
Jcwitn New Year l-